Issue No. 2

Summer 2022

In this issue, The Ampersand Review once again offers a strong selection of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from—and for—a variety of perspectives and aesthetics including short stories by Quinn Mason, Stuart Ross, and Rabindranath Maharaj and poetry from Ayomide Bayowa, multi-genre writer Kate Cayley, and GG winner Tolu Oloruntoba.


Contents

 

Poetry

Ayomide Bayowa

Encore
Wait a Sec

Kate Cayley

Jean Grenier
Dutch Masters

Khashayar Mohammadi

Closer Than Your Jugular
A Prophetic Ghazal

Triny Finlay

In the dream, all my queer exes are at the same Serena Ryder Concert
Lifeline Effigies Jive

Jessica Bebenek

Snake
It’s Not Actually a Lot

Tolu Oloruntoba

Divination
Kneecap

Chris Banks

My Favourite Toy
Here We Go Again!

Annick Macaskill

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Fiction

Quinn Mason

Austen

Stuart Ross

Two Tiny Stories about Music

Rabindranath Maharaj

Broken Pieces

Features

Dina Del Bucchia & Jen Sookfong Lee

A Conversation

Second Story Press & Book*hug Press

Two Short Interviews with Independent Presses

Reviews

Caroline Colantonio

Waking Occupations by Phoebe Wang

Kelly Baron

Suture by Nic Brewer

Rasiqra Revulva

[SQUELCH PROCEDURES] by MLA Chernoff

Fan WU

Judy Blame’s Obituary: Writings on Fashion and Death by Derek McCormack